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^"TJ__7IF8,r oCnntrlliuiin,,, to -hia colnmn vro,re~_e?ter1 (r?m| Confericrnte -etcrv"rtnfc and other per.ona famlliar ri.ththe Iifrfl-Tjr of th. AVnr Betweentiie Stnteti, Nurfnllveti of pftfijtnInr cagn^men.fi nnd peraonal eilventiire* aro :*i>*.clrill_- reqne-letlAII c'?iMrliiit.Lnnai sluiiilil be Mcnl tofhe Fili'lpr of the Confco>ratCoinran, 'I 'l_-?-ni_t>'l <r?i, Rlcfiraond,Vn.SENTINELS* SHARP EARSFIRST DETECTED ENEMYHow (Palmetto State Pickets Got Earliest Iirtimation of Presence of Union Army at Manassas and Gave Information That MayHave Turned the Tide of That Battle. ?By l npiiilii f. li, Hrndernon, of SoulhCarolino,On Saturday afternoon,the day beforethe battle of Manassas, between sundown ar:o>' dark, Colonel Thomas G.Baron of the Seventh South CarolinaInfantry. Bonham's brlgadv* orderedCaptaln John 8. uarn to take hlaCompany F of that rcginu.nt and goon plcket duty for the nlght. CaptalnHard took his company acrosB thestream Bull Run to the nurth slde.nd to the top -of the hlll, and theroi..ed to the left out of the road intothe clover Held. And here wc weroinformetVfcWe wore to spenCi tiie wholenlght on guard duty. Half of thecompany was detailed In groups of| four, and the balance or the companywas held ln reserve fifty yard In therear of the half that had been deployedaa plckets. Mr. Hcnderson and hl*thre<: c.irnrades?Benjamln Sharpton,? James Kadlf: and Smithfield Hadford?,; formed the fir.-t group and were located |on the maln road between Manassas 'and C-ntervllle, at Mltchell's Ford.Two of tho men of each group werei allowed to sleep at the poet In theclover while the other two were onguard. and they changed at intervalsThe only Instruction glven was to h?ltanybody approachlng from the north,and lf they dld not Mop to shoot.About mldnlght Captaln HainuelMcGowan. speclal ald io Ueneral Bonhara. n>de uj> fr<mi the rear and askedwhat was going on. and they reportedto him that everything was well, except that thc enemy wa< marrhlng to Itheir left up tli- creek. That Informa?tlon seemed to exclte 4|lm and heasked how they knew, and they told himthey had heard the m.rchlng soldlers,movlng wagons and cannon for hours.Ha- dismounted and one of the plcketheld hls horse and he went forward afew paces in front of ihe plcket. Het asked If the matter had been reportedto General Bcauregard, and he wastold that no in.tt_j_;tlong had beenglven as to that He said lf ouropinion was correct. General Beaurcgard should know lt at once. He re?ported to General Bonham and thento General Beauregard The picketscontlnued on post all nlght, and nextmorning at sun-up they moved for?ward ln the dlrectlon of ihe enemy.marchlng into and through a scope ofwoods. When we arrived on the north? Mde of the woods. the whole Federalarmy was exposed to vlew. marchingup the rlver in the dlreetion of Stonai Bridge. Durlng the morning theywero relli-ved of picket duty, and theircompany rejolned their reglment downat Mltchell's Ford. Not long afterwards the boomlng of cannon up the' rlver told that the two armles hadmct the first tlme ln deadly combat.A numbers of years ago Mr. Henderson wrote to Captnln, then JudgeMcGowan, the following letter aboutthat eventful nlght, and Judge McGowan's reply ls recopled from thoAbbevllle Press and Eanner. We publish both:Alken, S. C, July ... 1S91.Judge Samuel McGowan,Columbia, S. C.My Dear Sir.?It has been thlrtyyears since the event occurred thatleads to this not. Probably you willremember it, probably not.On the night before the battle ofManassas, or Bull Run, which wasSaturday night, the writer wlth acomrade, Benjamln Sharpton, was onplcket guard on the outer Hne?onthe left hand side of the road leadlngfrom Manassas to Centerville. vlaTHE CONFEDERATE CAUSENOT A FIGHT FOR SLAVERYMemorlal day has grown into anInstitution ln our Southland. The oidConfederate naturally becomes remlnlscent when in tho presence of hiscomrades he recalls the sacrlftces andconnlcts of forty years ago. Thefeatures and forms of those who stoodshoulder to shoulder wlth hlm in the1 conllict, or fell by his slde, come beforehis mind's eye as distlnct as the sceneaof yesterday.Thls Is a day o fsadness to him, notI unmlxed, however, wlth the proudI recollectlon that he was an humbjefactor ln one of the grandest st,ruggles of self-government that has everoccurred on earth.The wrlters and speakors of thoSouth owe lt to our dead leaders andthe noble men who followed them tovlndlcate thelr action in the eyes^ofimanklnd. and prove to all the worldthat those who fought for tho Southwere nelther rebela nor traltors.For thls reason my comrades andthe older people here, wlll lndulge mewhlle I nresent some views not newi to them. but intended for the rlslnggeneratioo?those perhaps who studiedBarnes's and Flsko's historles,We do not meet on memorlal oocaslons to dlsouss tho' abstract quasI tlon of the rlght or wrong ot the^confllct that was waged with suchfury forty years ago. Tlie hlstorlan ofthe future may probably declaro thatupon tho strlct construction of theI Constltutlon one sido was rlght, andowlng to tho changed conditions ofnational thought, tho other slde wasri?ht. Tho Virginia soldler did njjjdlsouss even tho expodiency of tho: question after tho oid Stato mado itscholco.. Our comrades who slcnp bonoath thosod dled for tho rlght ns thoy 'saw lt.Whll? memory holds its place you andyour sons und daughters wlll pay thehomage of grutoful hearts to thelrherolBm, as annually you strew tholrgra'yes wlth flowers, and teach yourchlldren to Hsp their names and rovevoMltchell's Ford, across Bull Run?nndtvhilc on post you came to us and.aked u? what the enemy wore doingind we told you they were movlng upthe rlver to our left. You asked howive knew It, and. we said: "By the noiaeof the wagons, artillery, etc," andyou thought we were ml.taken. Yougot off your horse and went forwardi few steps ln front of our Uneg andllstened for a short tlme, and thencame back to us and sald what wethought nbout. the enemy was correct;that thi? g'en'M-al commandlng the armymust know of it ut once, and askedwhy we had not reported It beforethat tlme, et<\ AVe told you we hadno instructions to report anything, butto shoot any one corning from the cITrectlon of the nemy. You mounTeflyour horse and made o(T ln great haet*to report the movements of the enemy,whlch I have no doubt you dld.I saw you reveral times' next da.(Sunday), a? you attended to youidutles, but ls has never been mypleaaure to speak to you slnce thatSaturday night": yet I havo ofterthought of the occurrence and wantedto know, did the commander of th*army have that Informatlon before yoigave It to hlin. AVould it be nskingtoo much of you to glve me tbat lnfomatlon. As J have eald before, prob?ably you have forgotten all about ltbut It Is fresh in my mind.I was n_ulte a boy then?slxtecryears old?and I dld not feel qulte a'home and happy. My coinrade waikllled near Rbhmond. I was kepfrom 1/ijury through the entlre war.I occaslonally meet Mlss Meta Lythgcand ask ahout you, and I ask our lawy?rs when they come back from Columhla, lf they have seen you, how yoiare, etc.If you remember thls occurrence, aniif I ever have the opportunity of talkIng- wlth you about it, it would b>very pleasant, lndeed.I have. now taken too much of youtime and will close, hoplng that youlife may be long spared to our StateTruly, your unknown friend,C. K. HENDERSON.General McGowan tells us thls 1;true ln every partlcular except oneand that ls that lt was not half othe whole truth. The offlcers dld report to the General (Bonbam).1. Then he sent hls acting AdjutantGeneral (McGowan) wlth the reporto headquartera at Manassas (threimlles), and he aroused General Beauregard about 2 or 3 o'clock ln the morn?ing and gave the informatlon to him.2. Then General Beaurcgard aenGeneral McGowan to General Jackson, at McLain's Ford.3. Jackson sent the same offlcer ani"aroused Colonel AValker, of the NevOrleans Artillery.AVhen the staff offlcer on his return reached Mltchell's Ford. the suiwas Just rlslngr, and the first gun othe great battle of Manassas was firedThe. general says he has often wondr-red as to how much the work o:those falthful sentlnels, far out on thillnes, contrlbuted to our first greasuccess at Manassas Plalns.Prlvates gave battle, but ofncerireap.the reward.?Press and Banner.James Kadle was kllled at the battle of Gettysburg.Benjamln Sharpton was kllled aiCold Harbor.Hmlthfteld Radford died a .ihort timiafter tbe war.Company F, of the Seventh Reglmentwas mustered ln at Granltevllle.their memoriesThe necessitj' for the war waiwrltten In the hlstory of the Colbnlesln the cllmate, soll and productlon!of the dlfferent States; on the flag o:the flrst shlp that brough plaves ttNorth America. The splendld eloquence and patriotlsm of Henry Clajand others delayed it?the madness o:a few on both sides hastened lt. Twtqustlones had to bo settled. Thtrlght of secession and chattel slaveryWe will show that the rlght of seces?sion rostod wlth the South, whllislavery was an Incldent of the waiand would have ceased ln tlmo wlthout so drastlc. a measure.The Southern States exerclsed jpower that had .heen cjaimed fronthe adoptlon of the Constltutlon. Thiproceedlngs of ths ooventlon whlclframed the Constltutlon as well a:those of the States that ratlfied, together wlth the debates, go to showthat at that time there was little dlfferenco of oplnlon as to thls questionHad the framers of the Constltutlortieclarcd thlr lntentlon. to croate isupreme central government, to blncthe States beyond all power of wlthdrawal, lt would never have boen rat?lfied. Tho States of New York am'Vlrglnla, posslbly ojjhers, lnserted lithelr rcsolutlons of ratitlcatlon ideclaration that tho powers vested bjtho Constltutlon ln the Unltod States olAmerica might bo resttmed by tfieatwhen they should deem lt neeessarjto pi-ovent lnjury or opprosslnn.?TOarly ln -the nineteonth contury thtdootrlne of secession, oharactorUod a<trenson ond. rebollion in 1881, wiuopenly' ndvocated ln MassnchusettsTho famous lottor of Colonol Plcker?lng,- a member of Washington's Cabinot, wrltton ln July, 1804, sh,ows thaho bolloved that tho doctrine'of secesslon hnd tho approval of New Eng:land as well as Ne\v Tork and NeuJersey,In 1811 tho admlsslon of the- Statiof laouisana was vlolently opposod li? > -CongrpFs. During the debate Mr.Qulncy, of MnHSftrhunotts, snld, "Ifthls blll pasHes lt Is my dellhernteoplnlon that lt Is vlrtmilly a rilnsolullon of the Unlon; that It wlll freethe States from tliclr moral obllKStlon., nnd, aa It wlll be the rlght ofall, so lt wlll be the duty of somed-flnlMy to prepsre for a separatlon,nmlcably If they can, vlolontly lf theymust."Ho wan called to order. Thn pointof order was sustalned by thn Speakerof tho House. Erom thla decislon anappeal wns taken and the Speaker wasoverrulod.Here was an opon contentlon of therlght of secession by a MRBsachuscttsrepresentative nnd a decislon hy theHousn that lt was a Iawftil matter ford___eus.s(on.The proeeedlngs of the HartfordConvention of 1814 are famlllnr tothese school chlldren here. I need notreclte thelr fninous ? resolutlon.The New England States In 1844threatened a dlssoliitlon of the Unlon.In that year Iho Loglslature of Mnssachussetts adopted thls resolutlon:"The Commonwealth of Mossachusetts falthful to the compact betweenIho peoplo of the Unlted States, ac?cording to the plain meanlng nnd ltitent ln whlch It was understood bythem, ls slneerely nnxlous for Its preservatlon; but that lt 1r detorminefl,as It doubts not thnt the other Statesare, to submlt to undelegated powersIn no be)dy of mon on enrth." Itfurther declared thnt the project ofthe annexation of Texas unless ar?rested on the thrcshold mny tend todrlve these to a dissolutlon of theUnlon.Prlor to the Loulslana purchasr-, tnej settlers on the lllssisslsslppl niv_r who! were harassed by the Spanlarda, petltloned Congress, saylng, if Congressrefuses us protection; if It forsakesus, we wIU adopt thc mensures whlchour safety requlres, even lf they endanger the peace of the Unlon, andour connectlon wlth the other States,No protection?no aljeglance.You see'the rlght to secedo wasndvocated by the North and West, nndthreats to av.ill themselves of thlsrlght were mado by Northern Lcglslatures, londlng statesmen and pctltlons to Congr?ss.Through flfty "years of our historythls discussion contlnued nnd the eloI quence of Webster and the ii'glc otCalhoun were exhausted, whlle no satlsfaetlory conclusion was reached.' Flnally, when the Southern .States,1 for grlevances that are fresh in our| memories and far outwelglr-d all thej fancied evlls that New England suf?fered, or all the trlals the MlsslsslpplValley settlers bore, wlthdrew fromthe Unlon, and reasserted thelr soverelgnty. they were coerced by Federalpowers, and falsely rppresented, notonly to the world, but to our ownchlldren ns trnltors nnd rebels.The question of the justice of ourcause havlng been so completely establlshed why should our people admlt,as we know they sometimes do. thatIt was,best after all that we fa'.led lnthe ntternpt to establlsh a separategovera-Tfnt? Does the fact of failureprove that we were wrong and oureneml*? rlght ln the contentlon? WasProvidence on thelr slde, nnd were weftghting against the flat of thaAlmighty? If so. why? Were religionand charaeter on the rlde of the North?If America had to suffer the penaltyof violated law. were we of the Southsinners above all others? In the con?duct of the war, whlch slde .exibitedmost of the Chrlstlan and least ofthe bnital charaeter? To ask thesequestions ls but to answer them.In the "Confederate Secrsslon," awork by an Englishman, the authordraws a deadly parallel between themethods and' the alms of the twopeople, and sums up the matter wlththese signlflcant words: "All the goodqualities were on one slde and all thebad on the other.Let us discuss the oid superstltlonthat heaven ls revealed ln the Imme?diate results of "Trlal by Combat."We know that the Chrlstlan clvlllzatlon of the flrst centurles went downln the darkness of medlaeval times:we know that Paul was beheaded andNero crowned and Chrlst cruslfted.Our defeat was but another instancaof" truth on the scaffold and wrongon the throne."The North succeeded because theymustered over 2,555,300 men and hadthe world to draw supplles from;while the South failed because sheonly mustered 600,000 and was conflned to her own terrltory for supplles.Northern wrlters and speakers haveattempted to ahow that the Southplunged thls country Into desperatawar for the purpose of perpetuatinsslavery. Do the facts of history sustaln this contentlon? Tha Colonlesprotested tlme and again to the Kingof England against sendinjr slaves tothese shores. The ilouse of Burgessesenacted laws on twenty-three dlfferentoccaslons against the importatlon ofslaves. The King of England vetoedeacb act.In 1832 the Loglslature oi Vlrglnlacamo wlthin one voto of passing alaw of emanclpatlon,On page 88, Vol. 1, of Henderson'sLlfe of Stonewall Jackson you wlllflnd an lnterfsUng letter wrltten byGeneral Robert E. Lee. showlng whathe thought of slavery before tho war.Lee set free his slaves beforo the warbegan, -whlla Grant retalned his untllfreed by the proclamatlon. Not oneman In thlrty of the Stonewall Brigadoowned a slave. A Northern. wrltersays, "Slavery w._s the cause of thewnr. just as property ls the cause ofrobbery."If any man will read the debatesbetween Lincoln and Douglas Justprior to the war. or the EmanclpatlonProclamatlon, he wlll see that slaverywas not tho catiBe of action or Usabolltlon its IntenL Emanclpatlon wasa war measure not affecttng th _ borderStates., Mr. Webster sald at Capon Springsin 1851, "I do not hesltate to say andrepoat," that if tbe Northern Statesrefused to carry Into effect that partof the Constltutlon which respects therestoration of fugitlve elaves the Southwould no longer be bound to- keepthe compact."Did you ever see & soldler -who wasflghtlng for slavery? A oelebratedEngllsh hlstorlan ln treatlng thls sub1 Ject romarks: "Slavery was but the" occasion of the rupture, In no eensethe object of the war. Slavery. wouldhave been abollshed ln tlme had thoSouth succeeded."The enllghtened sentlment of.manklnd, the splrlt of the age, was againstchattel slavery. England and Francehad freed tholr bondmeb, Russlaemnnclpated her seitfs about 1S80. In1873 tlio Island of Porto Rlco taxeditself $12,000,000 and freed 33,000j slaves. Does any one suppose thattho enllghtened nnd Chrlstlan peopleof tho,Southern States would have set, themselves ugalt__t tho moraj sontl_ ment of manklml, and refused to hoodtho volce of olvllUatlon and progress1!Under the loadershlp of Leo andGordon, Vanco and Currie, and thous?ands of others, thQst. .Southern Statetwould have cnrrlod out a dostlny i'ulof moral grandeur and glory. Thtproblems that now challenge tho patlenco, courngo and endurnnce of _mighty peoplo would not have, ln alprobablllty, arlsen. At nll evonts thiono black, dark cloud that overBhndovvs our domestlc ' and politicn:hnrizon would have beon turned ba_l>through wlser and rqore humane leg. lslatlon, or at least prevented fron.Jspendlng its (orce through faltje teach>Ing, Innplred by n hand ol- tbe mostseltlsh and Ignortint fiinntlcn that woroever perinlltod .0 proy ii|>on n noblennd (lefonseless people.On mernorlal occn.ilnns such ns thlathe aponker, nnxlous always to loavosomo nblrtlng thought. In the mlmls nndon the hearts of hls henrers, tui-nslo those who made our history a halfof a century ago, and by the preoopt nndoxnmple Impresaod them_elvea on theircoiintrymen. \A'hat Cromwell wns tothe Engllsh Common wealth; whntWnehltiRton wnH lo Ihe Hevnlution,Lee waa to our Southern cause. Lotme glve you a pe.n portr.lt of ourchleftaln from an Engllsh vlewpnlnt.In a translntlon of Flomer dedlcatedto General R. E. Lee, the most stnlnless of Ifvlng commanders, n.nd exceptIn fortune, the Rreates, Phlllp fitanleyAVorsley, of Oxford, wrote:The grand old hard that never dles.Recelve him ln our Kngllsh tongue;I send thee, but wlth weeping eyes,Tho story that he sung.Thy Troy Is fallen, thy doar landIs marred bencath the spoiier's heei;I can not trust my trcvnbling handTo write the things I feel.Ah, realrn of tombs, hut lot her bearThla blazon to the last of times;No natlon rose so whlte and falr.Or fell so freo of crlmes.The wldow's moan, the nrphan'a wallCome round thee, yet ln truth beatrong;Eternal right, tho* all else fall,Can never be made wrong.An angel'a heart, an angei'y mouth,Not Homer's, could alnne for meHymn well the great ConfederateSouth,Virglnia first, and Lee.The crownlng virtue ln GeneralLee's character wns wnrdert'ul gcntleness. His letters to hls frlends andfamlly show th-1s, as well aa many ofhls general orders and his reports ofengaeements. The students looking*for an exnmple; the young man orwoman seeklng to Improve their characters, and bearing In tnlnd that "gontle rnlnds hy gentle depds are knpwn.ond man by notjilngi Is so well botrayed as by hls manners." will findln the lifo of T,ee nn Insplratlon tonoble living and hiph endeavor suchas ls nowhcre else found In profanohistory. 'The poet had ln hls mlnd'? eye Justsuch a character when he sung:"His life wa^ gentle. and the elementsSo mbced in him that natureMlght stand up and siy to all theworldThls was a man."A man whose strength was themlght 0f gentlenesa and self-corrimand.AA'e can not have too many biographiesof him. AVe can not raise too manymonumenta to him. AVe can not seehls gentle face too often. Every tlmewe look on hls form ln hronze ormarble we exclafm with the poet:"The hravest are tbe tenderest,.The lovlng aje the daring."The poet laureate voices the sentlments that flll our hearts as we revlew this strong, brave, tender lovlngI character:j"My good sword carves the casrjueof men,My short lance thrusteth sure,My strength is as the strength of tonBecause my heart Is pure."On occa.?ions like this our heartsturn to one who was imprisoned,manack-d, and treated wlth many Indignltles, although no more reBponslblofor the action of the Southern Statesthan any other public man. Hls persecutors were unablo to bring him totrlal. The text book on the Constltu?tlon taught at AVest Polnt came ln theway. For the Chlef Maglstrate of theyoung republlc that arose so full ofhope and noble purposes, and dled sofree of crlme, the Commonwealth ofMlsslssippi gave Jefferson Davis, soldier, statesman and vlcarious sufferer for a people who will cherish hlsmemory so long as valor has a votaryo-r virtue a shrine.Our Hcroes AVho Fell In tiie Struggle.AAre pause to pay a tribute to tbamigh.ty host of brave offlcers, soldlers,and sallors who fell under the bannerof the Lost Cause. AVe cannot call theirnames?all honor to them. They werespared from wltnesslng the flag furled. A large number of these dld notreturn from the fated field of Gettys?burg. as dld some here wlth tho burnlng thought that "some one had blundered." The tragic scenos at Appomat?tox could leave no regrotful and sorrowful memorles in their hearts andllves."As the mlstof the past Is rolledaway,Our heroos who dled ln their tattereagrayGrow taller and greater in all theirparts,Till they flll our mlnds as they flll ourhearts,And for those who lament them therels t bis rellef,That glory slts hy the sldo of grlefAnd they grow taller as th- years passbyAnd the world learns how thr^r vulddo and dle." &4Prlvato Soldlers nnil Sallors.AVe slng praises to the offlcers; woorect monuments of bronze and marbleto their memorles; we hang portrnltson the walls of our camps that w'llremlnd our chlldren's chlldren of tholrundylng fame and imperlshable valor,but we dp not emphaslze on every. oc?caslon as wo should, the self-sacriftt-Hand noble dovotlon to duty of the pri?vate soldler, and sallor, who made pos?slble the fama and glory af their of?flcers.? The Confederate prlvato soldler wasfar above the average of tbe armlesof the world. No oountry ever. hnda larger porcentage of thlnking andIntolllgont men ln the ranks; monmore thoroughly tmbued wlth moralprlnclple.To their everlastlng honor stand?tbe fact that ln their march throughthe enemy's country they laft behlndthem no wastod flelds, no fatnllleseruelly robbed, no homes vlolafed.An Engllsh wrltor- contemporaneously says:' in no caso have the PennsylvnnlnnSxcnuso to complaln o' personal Injury,.or even dlscourtosy, nt tne hnnds of\hoso whose homes thoy had burned;thoso l'nmllles they hnd Insulteil, robbednnd torniented. Even the tardy destructlon o( Qhambersburg was nnact of regular, llmited and rlghteousroprlsal.""I must sny thnt they notod llkogontlenien. nnd, their cause ns-ido, Twould rathor have I0|000 robols iiuarteiod oil my premlses than 1,000 Unlontroops, W0S sul'l'f'y a Ponnsylvanin'.uriuer during thnt liivnslon.Nono who pnrtlelpntoa lu tliat ntl'iiggle could havo fntloil to observo theuiiselilsli dovotlon of tho prlvato sol?dler. Tho gonorals nnd Unc offlcors,olinrgod wlth responslblllty nnd ncrvodwlth uiubltlon, hnd n stirmilua nndIioro of 'reward thnt dld not oftonHtlr tho prlvnte soliller,Hls brenst was rtred nnd his unnuerved by devotlon to duty. lie .waain many cuses better born' an/l nioroIntelllgenfthan hls offlcers, yet he wasobedlent to orders and marched lntothn Jnws of denth wlth n herotnm nndcotirngo thnt chali.ngnd the ndriHratioh<>( ihr. world, Ile know that ln tho?'tory uf tii>- bftttlo tbe offlcors' niSYnoswould b. tnehtlon.n, and If nniong thnulalii, ihoy would ba borfl. to n wellmarked tomb, over whlch loving hnndsand gratetul hcnrts would sprend flowet-s nnd shed tonrs, Whlle dVer Hlfl unmnrked grnvo most likely the Wlntlswould slng ?i ssd requiem, nnd 110 lov?ing liiind would plnnt n single llowcr.The Wnineil of thr Moiitli.No story of our wnr, no record ofthe gnllnnt riefftiders of our slnlnlcstabttalh.i1, nn reotfal of the deeds of dnrIng nnd thc unsolllsh suortllcos of thosomen would he completo wlthout mentlon of the herOlc splrlt nnd undyingdevntlon of tho noble women of theSouth. The nld storlea of tho Komnnnintrnns nnd self-sacrirtccH of thc Spnrtnn women were reprodured ln ovestnte and noarly overy home of thlsSoulhland.It would bo easy to furnish frommomory of the stlrrlng events duringthe War Between tho .Stntes lncldentsth.-U would show tho most exnlted pntrltitism nnd highest conceptlon of dutyon the part of the noble women of thoSouth thnt tho history of any poopleln any ago enn furnish.We aro proud of the fact that thgjrmantlo hns fnllen upon the shoulde-aof the Dntighters ot the Confcdqracy,whose henrts burn to-day wlth ii lovonnd devntion ns puro nnd snrred nsthat of thelr nmthers when they sentforlh thelr sons to battle wlth thoLEE'S LAST DISPATCHTO PRESIDENT DAVISBY AA'. (J. MORTON.I am now visltlng my brothor, J. X.Morton. who livcs on a farm on SaylerCreek, near RIce. Thls farm ls a p&rtof the last battle fleld of the war. Iam remlnded every day ot-thc war. Iwas wlth Flf ty-thlrd Virginia Rcglmontfrom the beginnlng until I wns transforred to Company C, Third A'lrginlaCavalry. AVe were sent to the HighBrldge, near hero, ln March, 1865. Onthe Tth day of February, 1865. I wastiansferred to Company C. Third Vir?glnia Cavalry. The dlsmounted menof Fltz Lee's Brlgade were sent to theHigh Brldge, near Farmville, to protect that lmportant structure, nnd fromthat place I was sent to Hallfax toget a horse the laat of Mnrch. 1865.My father gave me a splendld freshhorse, "Old Ball." a preelous gift. Hewas tho flnest horse I evor rode.waa ordered to report to Major-OeneralAnderson ("Old Tlge") as courler. Aasoon as I waa equplpped I reported toMajor B. L. Farenholt at StauntonRlver, and he had orders to send outpartles to find General R. E. l-r" andreport to Mr. Jefferson Davis, then lnDanville. Major Richard A*. Gainesmounted four of Barrlnger's Cavnlryand ordered me to find Genernl Leoand telegraph Mr. Davis. I rode nllday Saturday and Sunday. My comrades were captured. I met Major A\r.J. Johnson, of Fltz Lee's staff. Sundaymorning about 9 o'clock. Hls horsewas very lame, and wanted my horse.I could not glve up "Old Ball," and! after I showed him my orders, he coni scntcd to let me carry the dispatch toI the nearest telegraph oQlce?Drake'sHrnnch. The roads were iull of YanI kee's, and Major Johnson directed meIN THE BAPPAHANNOCK COrXTRT,Old AMrglnians had a happy knack ofplantatlon nomenclature, Inhorlted nodoubt from tho attractlve names ofthe gentleman'g seats tn.old England.In thls very county of Essex the homesteads bear names of great dlgnity andcharm. Klnlock, Blandfleld, EppingForest, Edennetta, Malvern, Glen Calrn,Brooke Bank, ' AVoodburn, Elmwood,Fort Hall and Champlain carry a sug?gestlon of ease and comfort, of vel?vet lawn and wlde-spreadlng frees, ofbrooks and meadows, and all those enchantlng clrcumstances, whlch madeA'lrginla country llfe of the elghteenthand nlneteenth century so entirely irreslstlblo. AA'ith the names comes thoplcture of thc plnnter and hls horsethreadlng hls flolds with minute |nspectlon; the mlstross and her morn?ing lnspectlon of key basket and koenrarefulness for domestlc peace; latorthe grande ijamo ln her rustllng gown,dominntlng- like a queen tho youngclrcle to whom she is the type and lnspiration. AA'o hear chlldren's laughter under the great oak, whlch Istheir summer nuraery, nnd seo atalwartboys broaklng young colts or tramping the flolds with gun or rod, livingn lifo which mado men wlthout fearand often wlthout roproach.The Essex Bnylors nre nn old nnd'interestlng famlly. Accordlng to tradition the Baylors came from Hungary and llved for a short tlmo nt Ttverton, Devonshlre, England.John Bavlor and hls brother, Robert.came to v lrginht ln tho last half o?the seventeenth century. John (l)Bavlor hnd a son, John (2) B.iylor.who llved ln the good old oounty olGloucestcr.He wns member of tho Houso ofBurgessos ln 1692; nfterwarcls he romovod to King and Queen and reprcscnted that county in the Houso otBurgessos. The financlal star of thoBayfoVa was high and bright uponVirginia's hoi'Uon ln the llfctime ofthls second John. Ho wiis olle of thearraat tobacco klngs, and employedsUtoen shlps to pty his "produco be?tween England nnd Virglnia. Thennmos of somo of hls shlps wore afterhis famllV assoclation? -iverton. Hativ and Little John, for Instance.Other cognonmons of theso whitewlnged sea blrds were Prlneo Eugene,Mattaponv, The Hunter, Tne Plnnter,'the C.revhound, etc; a forrnldabla} eet for a slnglo Colonial planter tosoiul Wltli hls crops across sons. Johnf>) Baylor's wnrehouses were atBavlor's, 1" King and Q?een, whlchholds Us nama and ls qulte a placeoven to thls day. He married LucyTodd, who had prevloi.sly mnrr od MtO'Brien. and lmd cortalnty John (.1)und Rlohard (3).From thls John (3) come* tho Jaigofamlly ot Virglnia Baylors who llvedlater ln Caroline. Uo married at _oik>town ln ITH Frances, daughter ofJiwiob Wuiker. Those oarly Baylorssont' their ohlldrop to Rngland forHchoollng. und John (2) was (Irst atl utnev oramnuu' School, nnd ajterwnidH at Calii's College, i'a?|ii>rlilgo.John int w.ih nlHi> oduoated ln Englandund at tho sanvo school to whlch hlsfuther went.Ho wns n friend of Slr PhlllpFranolB, who gave him a copy Of thfllottei-s of Junius, whlch nre stlll lritlui pas.ealan of tho rlesceiidnnts oftho lnte Dr. John Roy Baylox. of CaioUne county, A'n,John (3) Baylor was-all sorts of aBomnn m.-tron'n Injunction nr gavethelr pnrtlng kjn.i to lnved ones whom ,they chcertully reslghod to thelr country's call.Tho tinselfl-'h dovotlon of the noblowomen bf the .South uphnlrl antl pro- jInnged tlio llnequal utrtigglc, whlle itholr pnllencn and sncrllices nt home, jroarlng tlwlr chlldren nnd prnylng for,thc hbsent husbt-tid nnd father, often ;wlth no protei-tiir suvo thn fnlthfulslnvr-s who Stood guard nt tholr dooTft,furnlshea Ihe rribflt strlklhg exomploof lOVe nnd dbvotloh lhat thls worldhns ever Hern. Whon, under the provI'lence of Ood, our vexed problems nreBBttled, nnd thn South conion ngaln toher own, ns, under tlie unyarylng lawnf compcnsntlon, sho snrrly wlll, nnothor monument wlll rlsr. ln our Kouthlnnd, erected by the Sons nnd Dnughterfi of tho Confederacy, nnd dedleatedto the noble women of tho South.. i.iuiil \. itiuiiit Ruln*.A land wlthout rulns ls a lnnd wlth?out memorles. A lnnd wlthout memorles ls a land wlthout hlstory.Crowns of roses fndc; crowns ofthorns endure. Calvarlcs and cruclflxlons (nke dcepest hold of humnnlty.The trlurnphs of might aro trahslent;they pass and nre'.orgotten. Tho sufferlngs of rlght are deepost on theohro'nlcles of natlons."The nhndows of tho evenlng arelnngthenlng on our pathwny. The twllight npproachos. Kor tho moat partyou havo llved brave llvcs. MWy youdie worthy patrlots, doar to God andfamous to nll tho agesl0 take a road. down a creek. After>elng ipst for several hours I came toi farm houso, and tho oid man gavone dlrcctlons whlch carried me toJharlotto Courthouse. I reached that.lace about 5 P. M. and got a feed formy' horse and some brend and milkCrom a Mr. Wlllborno at the hotel. Itwns th/j flrst feed wo had for tho dny.1 reachod tho depot nnd sent my dlspatch to Goneral Walker. cornmandcrof the post at Danville, Va, nnd kopta. copy for Colonel Fnrenholt. Thiswas the last from General Leo to Mr.Davis.An oid frlend of my father, Mr. Pnscal Llgon, took me home wlth hlrqAhatnlght. After being ln the snddlo fortwo days nnd one nlght, I enjoyed thenlco 'bed and elegant fare of my oidfrlend. Monday. the 10th. I reportedto Colonel Fnrenholt and.Major Galnes,and they told me to go home. I metmany stragglers, nnd was amused ata party wlth a flag of truce on a longpoie at Clnrk's Ferry. Lleutenant John5, Wlso and party were sent out fromDanville by Mr. Davis to flnd Generall>e. They wanted mo to go wlth them,-itit I dlrocted them to report to Colonelfnrenholt. I got home that evenlngtnd dellvered my good "Oid Bnll" tony father.I attended a most dollghtful plcnlc atrtlco last week. About 1,000 peoploiveraj present. I met only flve of Com?pany" C, Flfty-thlrd Vlrglnla. who?erved wlth me ln the war?CaptalnDlckorson, Captaln Phllllps. Lleutenant-.insay Wa^thall and MessrB. Clarkoind Harpnr, oid comrades. The plcnicwns bountlful, nnd thoso who glvenlcnica ought to consult tho Vnughans,Walthalls, Waltons and Madlsons howto mnnnge them.^&_to___l___!B___Lman. He was member of the House ofBurgesses for Carollne, and countylleutenant of Orange, large planter,excellent family man, and enthuslastlcsportsmao.He owned tho celebrated race horsesSober John and Fearnaught, for whlchhe pald 1.000 guineas. He sent hischlldren to England, too, for educatlon.His sons were John (4), Georgo (4).Walker (4) and Robert ii).Rlchard (3) Baylor was tho pi-ogenlt.or of tho Essex Baylor.. ThaBaylors all along tho line acquiro andpreclso educatlon; with these two bulwarks their social posltion is suatalned.Tha Essex Baylors, who are so dellghtfully absoolatod wlth tho oid es?tato of '.klnlock." whlch ln Its maturoand pathetlc bouuiy ls closed, al?though tho Baylors stlll own lt antlmuch moro bosldes. Theso Baylorshavo dlstlngutshed family connoctionain addition to tho dlrect llno,Lucy Cocke, daughter of SecretaryCocke, and descendod from tho exultodfamily of Cateaby, married ColonelFranols Waring. who was son of Col?onel Thomas Warlnjt, of Esaex county.Ho was the emlgrant, and llved at"Goldberry," anothor charming oidplaco wlth a ploaaantly suggosttvpname. Tobacco was juat as good as gold,and muoh of it grew at ??Goldberry,"and no doubt Ita falr garden alsoylelded the lusclous berry?black anured and green?which ln its proper dayflllcd those largo cut-glasa bowls oalegs which went ao well wlth oid gardons, oid tables, and largo panelleddinlng rooms,Colonel Thomas Waring was Burgcss ln 1754, and his son was Buigessln 17.4. and sigped Rlchard HenryLee's famous protest against theStamp Act. Indced, ho and the famousRlchard Henry* did not llve so farapart. and porlmps called thtynselvesncighbors, "l'ls true thero were afew mlles <jf water between and a fewmiles of land on eithor sldo, but thlswas nothing wlth the convenlent propolllng power of any number of blackhunds. und tho assistance ot coaeheaand as many good horses as Mr. War?ing and Mr. Lee olouted to attacbthoretof. lt took a llttl. time, but tlmewas made fo_- shivea and not for suchgentlemen as tljesp.Colonel l-'rancis (2) Wnrlng andLucy Cocke, his wlfe, had Lucy (3),who married James Robb, of PortRoyall; Elizabeth (3), who marriedColonol Spencer Moltrum Ball, orNorthumberlnnd county, and Anu (3).who married William Lutane. of"Langlie," ln Essex county, son of thatroverend lluguenot. Lewls Lutane, wliosettled "Langlle" about 1700, und pastorod South Farnhnin I'arlsh. Thelroldost son \vas John, wlio married Rob?ert Payne Wurlng, of "l uyiu-ield." lnEssex couhty. and tholr ouie.i iiaughtei'. Lucy Latane, married UobortI-Htyno Waring, Jr., of "Edenn.ttu," lnKsaex county. Their daughter, LucyWaring, ono of the r.cheat holrosacsln Vlrglnlu, married lllchurd Baylor, of','Klnlooh." .Mr. Baylor, we aro auro,lunl a" -plonty boforc, but wlth huwl(o,.-l4ucy Waring, riiiuu u troinendouauereagu ot land. -slavos und mouny busldus.Robert Payne Waving, Jr., dledabout tho iniddlc of tlie last century,aud otin's byea ppen wlth wonder asono roads hia will. on record in Ussexcounty. Cattle ijruze on a thousandiields; negroes", crponlng jungle toelodles, work the-o great planutlons, andin bank ls a neat surplus pillng u* |for futurn generatlons. Robert Pnyn*AVurlng's homo was "Edennetta." Whatdoes thc nanio lmply? Rolllng ln?n<lmmomorlal troos, llowers and frult,wlth no thou shalt not. no angel wltKfldmlng sword guardlng tho loveljflgardon, but rathor angola ot Invitationopenlng' wide its gntcs for any whochose to enter thoroln. ,?wMrs. lilchnrd Btiylor Inhorlted muenjof her father.'s wcalth and "Kdonnetta,??Port Tobogo," "Port Mocon," wlth"KInlock" nnd other places, aro ?UHowndd by her chlldren.Robort Payno and Ellzabeth, hlawlte, llved'In old Rappahannock coun?try In 1670, nnd aro no doubt th<?ancestors ot tho loter Payncs, AVarlnga. I/itanea and Bnylors, In the twobranches of the Baylors there is thladhtlnctlon: The Caroline Baylors everropont the name John, and the EssexBaylors cling as tenaclously to thoname Richard.A friend has Juat Bent us some photogrnphs of "Brooke Bank," of whichwe have prevlously wrltten. He aaysthe place once contalncd 2,000 acrcfl,now only.400. "TWe tombs aro in saddecay; tho prlnclpal ono has lost 1Ulnscrlptlon entirely. Tho grounds ar<not kept up, but tho houso is so 3olldthat nothlng can efface lt."Homo ono has sald that the towntnt Jnmestown la tho ono ri.iln ln tha.Unltod States. AA'o thlnk not. All ove*A'lrginla aro foundatlon brlcks whlchalone tell tho story. The only hous.at "Nottlngham," the home of th?iSpotswoods, ia a log cabln, and upontthe slte of thls house ls a very largoEngllsh walnut tree. At "Newpost" onetsees the foundatlon llnes of tho house,and the rema.lns of a whlte and anegro grarcyard, Slc translt", eto.Answer to n Qtmrr.A corruspondont lnquire- ln ' tno,Issue of tho Mtn lnstant concernlngtho fainille- of Newmitn and ColemanAs he tttlls to say what county hi<anceatoi-, Jonathan Newmun, was frorn^the following may or may not botqtho polnt: JOimtnun Newman, bornln ono of the lower A'lrgtn-la couatles,'tseUled ln Ajugusta county, marrnn*Mury .-, und uicd shortly beforir'Febrifary .0, 1748. Hla aun, AValter.Newman (tho wrtter being concernedonly wlth thla son, made no record oi?tny others), waa a soldler tn Dun?mores War, and a large plantor in-hunandoali county, wh_r? ha died inlt>li. Judgo E. D. Newman, of AVoodstock, Va.,.i8 hls great-greut-granasoa.Jonathan Newman was son.ot SamualNewman. who was born about 165?und patented 800 acres Jn Henrlcocounty. and thls Samuel was son o?John Newman, the emlgrant, who paiented 4,OOl) acres ln what aro nowLancaster and Rlchmond counties, Hawas a very wealthy plantor, and hamarried (probably) a daughter of PaulAVoolbrldge.As for the Coleman ramlly, of Am?herst county, referred /to by youroorrespondent, lt ls probably descended from one of the four sons of Hawe.Coleman (born January l, 1737), whoremoved to Amherst from Spotsylvanla, and at the ago of eUfhty-twowrote a record of tho Spotsylvanlabranch of the famlly. Ho was a son,of John Coleman (born 1723; dled1763), of Spotsylvanla, and hla wlte.Nlce Hawes. John Coleman was ason of Robert Coleman, of King andQueen county, who patented land lnSpotsylvanla ln 1723. nnd whose wlfe.Mary, acknowledged her dower ln '1731. If thls Rohert Coleman can beIdentlfted wlth "Robert Coleman, Jr.,"son of Robert Coleman, whose willwas recorded ln Essex county ln 1713,namlng aons Thomas, Robert, Edward,and daughters Ann. Ellzabeth andGrl.nlle, then descendants of HaweaColeman may trace their desffent b.oKto Henry Coleman, emlgrant an.patontee of 1,000 acres ln Elizabetb.City county lh 1632.Can you. Mr. Edltor, or any ot yourreadors, make thls Identlflcatlon? Andcan any one tell whether the abovementloned Ann Coleman (daughter ofRobert and Ann Coleman, of Essex),married Major Phlllp Clayton, ot"Cataipa,"'Culpepor county? Or waa!Major Fhfllp Clayton's wlfe the AnnColeman who was born In 1680,daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Colo-,man, of Ablngdpn Parlsh, Gloucester;county? Dr. Slaughter, ln his historylql St. Mark's Pariah, says that Majorplilip Clayton married Ann Coleman,"slster of Robert Coleman, of Cul-ipepor," who married Sarah Ann Saun- ?ders and dled in 1793. ls thero any,othor authorlty for that statement?)And who were the parents of thlaRobert Coleman? Unless thero weratwo Robert Colemans in Culpeperabout 17_u lt seems almost certala;that he was a son of Robert Coleman,/of Spotsylvanla, and Ellzabeth (Llnd-.say?), and grandson of Robert Cole?man. of K-tng and Queen. i? ls hoped Jthat thls problem can bo solved iu |these columns. ?.[COLEMAN DESCENDANT. A- IEdltor Genealoglcal Column:Two brothors, Wllllam atjd JohaYoung, came from Luncashire, Eng-:land*(year not known), and settled'1ln Virglnia. AVTlllam married, flrst, 'Mlsa pongernold. Tholr chlldren weroMUllcent. Patsy, Betsy, Catherlne,Fannle and Rachel. AVllllam Young: jmarried. second, Mlss Smlth, and tholr;ohlldren were William, who never;married: Henry and Smith Young.! John Young married-, and hadjI but one child?John, who married hl*own oousln. Rachel, slxth daughterof hls uncle, AVllllam Young.The descendants seem to havo re-;moved from AMrglnla to North Caro-.,llna, and lnter somo of them wenfc'to Tenncaaoe, und from thero to Ar-ikansas. Intermarrylng famllles araJones, I.imbrough, Harper and Chancy,or Chaney, of North Carolln*. AA'llljsomo ono klndly giva through your)columns more compi.te data of tho jlmlgntnts, William and John Young.'innd of their marrlagcs. It will bo jappreoiated. E. s. N.Editor Genealoglcal Column:AVhile wrltlng of tho Rappahannock .country ennnot somo Informatlon bogiven of the family of James Bank- jhead,' of "Bankhoad'a Polnt," noarPort Royal, and of that of TliomaaRo.v, for whom the town was named?Jamos Bnnkhead was a son of DrJames Bank head and Elllnor Mon?roe (aunt of tho Presldent), of AA'estmoreland. Ho was lteutonant of mlnute men of Carolina county (electedSeptombev 12, 17751. nnd hls plcture,by Salnt Meanlo, is ln the CorcornnArt Gallery, Hls wlfo was ChristianMlller, gratulUnughter of Thomas Roy,whoso rlghtful namo Is sn.u to havobeon McGrocor.Christian Mlller nnd J.mes RankheaAwere tho parents of Gonora! JarneSBnnkhoad, V- S, A. (War of 1S12. Semlnolo AVar, nnd Mexican War), nndgrnndparenta of General John Bankhond Magrmlor, Oon.rul, Smlth pynaBankhend, C. s ,\. (nnd Mexican War);Captnln John I'.vno aiiklroad,.U. 8. .V?and General. Ilenry^t-^ry Rsa-tchend,, TT,' IS. A. > .-'? ?/>-'Moro partlcular informatlon ls Warited about Dr. Jumos Bapkhaad and;Elllnor Monroe, whoweiV fnarrled IniWestmorolnnd August 20. 1738, andabout Thomas Roy and the Roy famllyln general. tbe name of hla homo, andlwhero sltuated near Port Royal.A BANKHKAD-ROY DESCENDANT.